Jeremy Corbyn pressed over whether he’d use nuclear weapons – BBC News

Asked about using nuclear weapons, Mr Corbyn says: “I think the idea of anyone ever using a nuclear weapon is utterly appalling.”He says as prime minister he would be “working to avoid that”. He highlights other threats – cyberwarfare, terrorist attacks like Manchester, “globally ungoverned spaces like Libya” and environmental disasters. Pressed about whether or not he would ever use nuclear weapons, he says he wouldn’t fire nuclear weapons first.


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